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流行美语教程 Lesson 13 - keep cool & screw up

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本帖最后由 Xbfeng 于 2009-7-14 18:58 编辑 " a2 a, K' r* g2 s! Y0 X; ]
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Michael和李华已经从华盛顿返回纽约。今天是星期六,他们一起到纽约的 Meadowlands去看冰球。Michael和李华这两个大学生,一个讲英文,一个讲中文,旁边的人听起来很奇怪,可是他们自己已经习惯了这种方式。今天他们在谈话中会用两个常用语:keep cool和screw up。9 h5 K/ g* d5 ~% P

/ R2 k9 L. e5 r; p# GL:Michael,谢谢你带我到Meadowlands来看冰球,Meadowlands可是有名的地方呐!而且我从来还没有看过冰球呢!
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' p7 i# y5 ?% V4 b8 ^M:Sometimes these games get really rough!; |- d; S/ I! N# t6 h& q8 q

" N1 p% S  N& E/ V* R6 {; y2 IL:我也听说了,他们说冰球比赛有时很粗暴,经常会打架。) j: M# u- q5 Z4 }

3 s6 ]  S6 N+ J/ DM:Wow, look at them! It's only five minutes into the game and they are already pushing and shoving.. m3 Q7 F! U7 I/ o% r5 e

, ^/ J* V' C, D% G4 v) u! B, p: pL:是啊,他们已经开始推推攘攘,真的打起来了。人们都说冰球比赛有时会很粗暴,但是才开始五分钟就打架,这可是不多见。
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M:Yeah, they really need to keep cool out there.( O! L* |& e# n* h# k
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L: Michael, 这是冰球,在冰上打球,当时是冷的咯,你在说什么呀?
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M:Li Hua, that's not what I meant. Keep cool means to calm down。Keep, means to hold and cool, meaning cold.
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3 [+ u& `9 r+ oL: 噢,keep cool就是要冷静一点, 你是说这些球员不要火气那么大,需要保持冷静。对,他们要是老打架,最好的球员就会被禁止打球的。; c4 k/ i9 g0 \) v7 A
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M:Yeah. Another example, remember last week when you got into an argument with the professor over your mid-term grade?
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- S9 r6 x) C0 b. C; `* JM:Right now Li Hua, you need to keep cool.
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L:是,一说起这件事,我就会生气。得了,得了,不谈这个了吧!; L5 o1 i$ N' L

% \4 F3 A8 f' m; ^# Z' }M:I can't believe how poorly they are playing.
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& N5 G0 Z5 j% T+ XL:你说他们打得不好呀?说实话,我根本看不懂。我只知道当地的球队输了三分,这就输了很多啦!
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M:Yeah, they have really managed to screw up this game.
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/ a- C2 D5 c1 y% mL:"Screw up"? 我不懂,这是什么意思?
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2 I* Y# Y( e) |2 ^6 xM:"Screw up" means not to play well. The home team is certainly messing up.
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L:噢,"Screw up" 就是打得不好。
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M:"Screw up," it means to mess up.3 X" Y% o6 ]9 j( F1 L- R/ x
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L:是不是只能说打球时,或参加运动比赛时犯了错误?5 P2 ~; c4 k7 o6 Z, D
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M:No, it can be used to describe a lot of things. For example, I screw up on tests all the time.
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5 G" L& l9 P+ ^& nL:噢,你考试老考糟也能用screw up来表示呀!这么说,"screw up" 可以用的范围很广。 要是说一个人工作没有做好呢?! r) z& J7 J% y% ?' D5 b% O

& a: h8 z4 C& A+ QM:He screwed up at work.( V4 a2 i: E* h5 O# {

$ U* g9 h3 b6 {2 R' f1 EL:你老是和别人的关系搞不好,也能说是screw up吧?
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" x; g/ J) m8 J$ XM:Yes, that's why I don't date anymore. Because I screw up all the time., u. E. I, D% m# v
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L:原来是因为老跟别人搞不好关系,所以你就不交女朋友了。 Michael,你也别跟自己太过不去了。# w5 Y! |# m2 V7 L; ~! T+ v
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M:I do screw up a lot; I make mistakes all the time.
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' g, w+ }: l) t, [6 \L:我们都犯错误的,谁能不犯错误啊!我来给你介绍个女朋友吧!- Z1 @3 s. u+ Z+ X- E/ n# J

2 j7 ^+ a8 M; S2 ]( j2 |( h/ YM:Look, they are playing like that! What is wrong with these players.9 `; O3 S4 @: o& x! B  }
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L:嗨,这些球员真的很糟糕,你看,他们已经输了四分啦!3 e' y. s" K8 B  U

% I5 |% M0 [& Z4 [M:I hate this! They can't manage not to screw up tonight.0 R& h' Q4 k  I, K+ v4 ~8 {
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L:Michael, 尽管他们screw up,我们还是要keep cool! 也许还有希望扭转局势。' q' V3 K; U- [& K

- _* \1 e5 d5 w# d1 {9 j5 R李华今天从Michael那儿学到了两个常用语,一个是:keep cool,意思是:冷静一些,别太激动;另一个常用语是:screw up, 意思是把事情弄糟了。今天的[流行美语]就学习到这里,我们下次再会。
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Thanks!
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